COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

H. B. 2422

(By Delegates Kelley, Cann, Ennis,

Jenkins, Michael and Rowe)


(Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary)

(February 16, 1999)


A BILL to amend and reenact section three, article four, chapter seventeen-c of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to the duty to give information and render aid in a traffic accident involving injury or death to another or damage to any vehicle; and subjecting drivers who are in accidents involving death to the provisions of section four, article five, chapter seventeen-c of the code.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section three, article four, chapter seventeen-c of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. ACCIDENTS.

§17C-4-3. Duty to give information and render aid.
(a) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or damage to any vehicle which is driven or attended by any person shall give his or her name, address and the registration number of the vehicle he or she is driving and shall upon request and if available exhibit his or her driver's license to the person struck or the driver or occupant of the vehicle collided with or the person attending to any such vehicle collided with and.
(b) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to any person shall render reasonable assistance to the any person injured in such accident reasonable assistance, including the carrying, or the making arrangements for the carrying of such person to a physician, surgeon or hospital for medical or surgical treatment if it is apparent that such treatment is necessary or if such carrying is requested by the injured person.
(c) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in the death of any person is subject to the provisions of section four, article five of this chapter.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.